Re-release of Ep 306: Planeta and the Story of Modern Sicilian Wine with Alessio Planeta

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🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

I happen to be in Sicily with a group of Patrons (this could be you if you join Patreon!).

While I was in Verona at Wine2Wine, in 2019, I had the honor to speak with Alessio Planeta, President at Assovini Sicilia and Owner at Planeta Winery

For five centuries and through seventeen generations, Planeta has been active in changing and improving agriculture in Sicily. Alessio Planeta has spent his life dedicated to the study of Sicily and figuring out how to make it a significant force in world wine. With his family, Alessio now has six wineries around Sicily, and they have almost single-handedly put Sicily on the map as a quality player.

Planeta continues its mission to show what Sicily can do and what it’s forgotten varietals can bring to the world of wine. They are one of the big reasons we have access to excellent Sicilian wine today.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:15.9	I'm your host, Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People book, and Certified Wine Dork.
0:21.8	Join me as I hit record on this conversation with a friend in the wine industry.
0:26.2	This and all shows with guests are informal, but educational discussions between passionate
0:30.9	wine friends.
0:32.2	All guests are personal friends or friends of friends in wine, not strangers.
0:36.2	And like any conversation between friends, we're going to talk back and forth, interrupt
0:40.4	each other, laugh, have fun, debate, tough questions, voice opinions.
0:45.0	Most of all, enjoy sharing our time together and with you.
0:48.1	If you're in, pour yourself a glass, pull up a chair, and join us for this great chat.
0:54.2	Listen to this show and then try the best quality wines by shopping at my
0:58.0	exclusive sponsor site, Wine Access.
1:00.9	Go to wineaccess.com slash WFMP to get into the site and browse.
1:05.4	But even better, you can join my wine club and let me and the Wine Access team pick out
1:09.3	six amazing bottles for you quarterly for just $150, which includes shipping. The latest shipment is coming soon. It's not too
1:16.8	late. Don't miss out on this. Wineaccess.com slash normal and listen in the middle of the show for more
1:22.1	details. Now this is a re-release of a show that I recorded live with Alessio Planeta.
1:29.2	You can hear that it's much more conversational.
1:31.6	We were having a lovely conversation in person about Planeta.
1:36.0	Planeta is one of the most important wineries in Sicily.
1:38.9	It has transformed the place.
1:41.0	And I happen to be recording this intro from Sicily on the heels of staying at
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